A 30-year-old man was arrested this week in North Dakota on arson charges in connection with an Oct. 19 Dallas fire that killed an older woman and a dog , authorities said.

The suspect, Lamont Curtis Richardson, faces an arson of habitation charge and has been transferred to Stearns County Jail in Minnesota, according to Dallas police.

The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Richardson at about 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Lamont Curtis Richardson, 30 Dallas Police Department

Fire reported early morning, Oct. 19

According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, at about 6:20 a.m., crews were called to a structure fire at a home in the 10300 block of Eastwood Drive.

When firefighters arrived, they found heavy fire coming from an RV parked next to the home.

RV destroyed, home damaged in blaze

DFR said firefi

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